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We Have the Power
In this episode of the Integral Yoga Podcast, Avi Gordon (director of the Integral Yoga Teachers Association) is in conversation with Luciana Prakash, a Yoga teacher since 2007, and now also one of the directors of Jai Vida, the Integral Yoga Centre of Belo Horizonte....
Light on the Yamas & Niyamas—Satya: What About Truth?
Satya, truth, stands second in Patanjali’s list of virtues or “restraints.” Most often rendered with respect to speech, like ahimsa, satya broadens to include thought and deed. Under the rubric of ahimsa, the commentators advocate that truth not be spoken unkindly,...
The Science of Yoga, Part 6: Bringing It All Together
In the last installment of this six-part series, Eddie Stern brings his analysis of Yoga and neuroscience to a close and a final, very illuminating conclusion. Let’s come back to Kriya Yoga to pull this all together. The components of Kriya Yoga, as mentioned earlier,...
Living Yoga in a Busy World: My Dog is my Spirit Guide
In this new column for Integral Yoga Magazine, "Gita in the Garden, Living Yoga in a Busy World," Yoga teacher Gita Brown shares her reflections on, well, living your Yoga. In each installment, she will share what her Yoga study and practice has revealed to her about...
The Bhagavad Gita in Daily Life: Part 6, The Inner Battlefield
In Part 5 of this series, we went over the first verse of the first chapter. I’d like to skip ahead now to the twentieth verse of the first chapter where Arjuna says to Sri Krishna: “Place my chariot in the middle of the two armies, O Krishna, so that I may behold...
The Power of the Human Mind
There is nothing more powerful than the human mind. The mind has a tremendous capacity, so it can be trained to do anything. We can see this in the mental accomplishments or siddhis. If your thought force is strong enough, just by simply looking at an ordinary piece...
Growth Opportunities and Becoming the Whole – IY eMagazine 269
Climate Emergency: What We Can Do Now
"Climate Emergency" is an online workshop hosted by Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco and the Spiritual Action Initiative on Nov 20, 2021 (from 11 am – 12:30 pm Pacific). We are witnessing numerous world crises unfold right before our eyes, from disastrous...
“Yoga and the Core” Online Workshop Nov. 27, 2021
Join Melanie Saraswati Takahashi, PhD, RYT-500, a dedicated practitioner of meditation and Yoga and serves as head of teachers at the Integral Yoga Institute for this online workshop. The core is the foundation upon which all movement is based and stability maintained...
Integral Yoga Online Retreat: Nov 12 – 14, 2021
Join the Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco for a weekend of guided practice to rest the body and mind and to find inner sanctuary by breaking away from the daily patterns that no longer serve us. In the spacious silence, we can strengthen our connection to...